Pieter van 't Veer

Plasma Enterolignan Concentrations and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Nested Case-Control Study (2008)

Kuijsten, Anneleen, Hollman, Peter C. H., Boshuizen, Hendriek C., Van 't Veer, Pieter, Kok, Frans J., ...

Enterolignans are biphenolic compounds that possess several biologic activities whereby they may influence carcinogenesis. The authors investigated the association between plasma enterolactone and...

Association of smoking, alcohol drinking and dietary factors with esophageal cancer in high- and low-risk areas of Jiangsu Province, China (2006)

Zhao, Jin-Kou, Hu, Xiao-Shu, Wang, Pei-Hua, Qin, Yu, Lu, Yin-Chang, ...

AIM: To study the main environmental and lifestyle factors that account for the regional differences in esophageal cancer (EC) risk in low- and high-risk areas of Jiangsu Province, China. METHODS:...

Teaching: the role of active manipulation of three-dimensional scatter plots in understanding the concept of confounding (2005)

Busstra, Cora MC, Hartog, Rob, Van 't Veer, Pieter

Abstract In teaching epidemiology, confounding is a difficult topic. The authors designed active learning objects (LO) based on manipulable three-dimensional (3D) plots to facilitate understanding of...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Cigarette Smoking and Colorectal Cancer: APC Mutations, hMLH1 Expression, and GSTM1 and GSTT1 Polymorphisms (2005)

Lüchtenborg, Margreet, Weijenberg, Matty P., Kampman, Ellen, Van Muijen, Goos N., Zeegers, Maurice P. A., ...

The contribution of cigarette smoking to sporadic colorectal cancer may differ according to molecular aspects of the tumor or according to glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) or glutathione...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Low Toenail Chromium Concentration and Increased Risk of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction (2005)

Guallar, Eliseo, Jiménez, F. Javier, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Riemersma, Rudolph A., Gómez-Aracena, Jorge, ...

Chromium intake may increase insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to low density lipoprotein cholesterol. However, the epidemiologic evidence...

Habitual consumption of fruits and vegetables: associations with human rectal glutathione S-transferase (2004)

Wark, Petra A., Peters, Wilbert H.M., Nagengast, Fokko M., Kampman, Ellen, Kok, Frans J., ...

The glutathione (GSH)/glutathione S-transferase (GST) system is an important detoxification system in the gastrointestinal tract. A high activity of this system may benefit cancer prevention. The...

Alcohol Intake Assessment: The Sober Facts (1999)

Feunekes, Gerda I. J., Van 't Veer, Pieter, Van Staveren, Wija A., Kok, Frans J.

Recent recommendations in regard to the level of alcohol intake have mainly been based on epidemiologic studies which relied on self-reported amounts of alcohol consumed. Therefore, it is important...

Alcohol and Breast Cancer: Results from the Netherlands Cohort Study (1995)

Van Den Brandt, Piet, Goldbohm, R. Alexandra, Van 't Veer, Pieter

Although the results of cohort studies on the association between alcohol and breast cancer are rather consistent, the current evidence is based solely on North Amencan cohorts. Therefore, this...

A Prospective Cohort Study on Toenail Selenium Levels and Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancer (1993)

Goldbohm, R. Alexandra, Van 't Veer, Pieter, Bode, Peter, Dorant, Elisabeth, Hermus, Rudolph J. J., ...

Background: Various animal studies and ecologic studies suggest an inverse association between low dietary selenium intake and risk of various types of cancer. Purpose: The goal of this prospective...

Teaching: the role of active manipulation of three-dimensional scatter plots in understanding the concept of confounding

Busstra, Cora MC, Hartog, Rob, Van 't Veer, Pieter

In teaching epidemiology, confounding is a difficult topic. The authors designed active learning objects (LO) based on manipulable three-dimensional (3D) plots to facilitate understanding of...

Teaching: the role of active manipulation of three-dimensional scatter plots in understanding the concept of confounding

Busstra, Cora MC, Hartog, Rob, Van 't Veer, Pieter

In teaching epidemiology, confounding is a difficult topic. The authors designed active learning objects (LO) based on manipulable three-dimensional (3D) plots to facilitate understanding of...